It means it doesn’t contain chemicals that cause damage to the body. Some people are concerned about long term exposure such as ingesting residue or getting it on their skin that some folks may be sensitive to.
Also non-toxic means that if it is accidentally ingested in concentrated form or gets on the skin or in the eyes it shouldn’t cause severe damage usually caused by chemicals
Pandepon t1_je37wdt wrote
Reply to comment by ScienceIsSexy420 in ELI5 When companies say that their product is nontoxic, what exactly do they mean? by shake--and--bake
Of course everything is made of chemicals, when referring to chemicals I mean the ones that are harmful.